LAST CHANCE
SPORTS
THE PONCHATOULA TIMES, NOVEMBER 28, 1985, SEC. A, PAGE SIX
Rebels nip Wave 10-7
in Shrimp B000wl Classic
By GORDON FENNY
BILOXi, MISS. -- Ponchatoula's 10-
7 loss to Harrison Central in the 46th
annual Shrimp Bowl Classic here last
Friday night left coach Syd Wilkinson
with something to smile about.
It was the performance of sophomore
, quarterback Carl Disher making his first
start of the season. Filling in for Asa
Faulkner, who broke his right hand late
in the first half of the Green Wave's 20-
13 overtime victoru over Hammond in
the last regularly scheduled ame of the
season, Disher's performance earned
him Ponchatoula's most valuable
offensive back award from the Shrimp
Bowl Classic committee.
On the night, the 6-0, 151-pound
Disher completed 11 of 20 for 136
yards despite having four intercepted,
and rushed impressively for valuable
yardage when needed.
"That was an excellent performance
tonight by Carl," stated Wilkinson as he
fielded questions from reporters
following the game in Biloxi's hurricane-
torn Municipal Stadium. "He directed
our attack against a heckuva defensive
team. That was the best defense we've
played against all season."
The playing field, itself, was in
surprisingly exce!lent shape despite the
senior defensive back Reegan Hall
proved to be the downfall of the Wave
in the first half.
Both teams were evenly matched
going into the game, sporting identical
7-3 records overall and 3-2 in their
respective districts. Harrison Central,
which competed in District VIll Class
AAA.AA, ended its season in second
place behind Moss Point (6-3, 5-0)
while finishing second behind Picayune
with a 21.3 points-per-game scoring
average, and tying the Maroon Tide in
scoring defense with a 9.7 ppg allowed.
The Green Wave finished its season
in third place behind Bogalusa and
Slidell in District 13-AAAA competition
and failed to gain a wildcard playoff bid
in state playoffs.
Ponchatoula finally found its scoring
legs at the 5:04 mark of the fourth
quarter after Disher had teamed with
runningback Clem McKay to march the
Wave to the Rebels' one yard line. From
there, Henry Powell, who averaged
over 100 yards per game in the regular
season, but who was held to just 43
yards in 14 carries by a stingy Harrison
Central defense, plunged over for the
touchdown.
Powell's conversion attempt was
good, and the Rebels lead was cut to
10-7. Unfortunately for the Wave, that's
we couldn't have given each lineman an
award."
"l'm really happy that we were able to
have the game tonight, and I'm very
happy with the support it received,
especially from the Ponchatoula fans,"
continued Creech. "That was quite
some turnout for the game. We had
contemplated cancelling it because of
the hurricane, but l'm glad we didn't. It
was a super contest."
With one half of the stadium
maintenance work force employed by
the local utilities commission, which was
kept busy due to power outages in the
community, workers were forced to
work overtime to get the field in shape
for the game.
"All of the workers are to be
commended for the work they put into
getting the field into the fine shape it
was in tonight," stated Creech. "They
weren't able to get everything done, but
the field was in top playing condition.'"
For Wilkinson, the game provided
him with an insight into just how really
well his defense could perform.
"Our defense allowed Harrison
Central only one trip into our end
zone," commented Wilkinson, "and
they can feel very proud of themselves.
That was a tough team out there tonight
and they held it to less than one halt of
its offensive scoring average. Our guys
bent a little but they didn't break. It was
heckuva effort."
The Wave mentor also alluded to the
fact that Ponchatoula went into the
game with a two-week layoff after
defeating Hammond, while Harrison
Central played last week against Biloxi,
and to the fact that he was without his
starting quarterback in the lineup.
EXTRA POINTS: It was the first visit
to the Shrimp Bowl Classic for Poncha-
toula, while the Rebels were making
their second appearance in the past
seven games. Harrison Central
defeated St. Martin 15-0 in 1979.
It was also the 14th time that a
Louisiana high school has met a Missis-
sippi school, with the Pelican State
schools on the short end of a 6-8
record. In 1948, Baton Rouge High
School beat Panama City 6-0 in a game
which featured two out-of-state teams.
The last Louisiana victory came in
1975 when Brother Martin whipped
Gulfport East 42-13. The first win was
recorded back in the fifth annual game
when lstrouma edged GCMA 47-40.
Well over 1000 fans and members of
Green Wave support groups made the
trek to Biloxi to cheer on their team.
uninvited presence of Hurricane Juan the way the score ended.
along the Mississippi Gulf coast last Statistically, both teams were very
month, but there was evidence of even with Harrison Central edging the
damage to the score board and parts of Wave 217 yards to 214 overall, and
the stands. The press box on the showing a 115-78 edge in rushing
visitor s side of the field had been blown yardage. Ponchatoula picked up 136
from its foundation, with only a few yards passing compared to the Rebels'
pieces of metal piping protruding from a 102.
Green Wave quarterback CarIDisher Disher played an excellent game concrete slab as mute evidence of its The Green Wave picked up 12 first
was the recipient of the award as the according to Pgnchatoula coach Syd previous existence, downs to Centrars nine, and was
most outstanding offensive back on the' Wilkinson despite a 10-7 loss to the The Rebels opened the scoring on assessed 45 yards on six penalties
visiting team in the 46th annual Shrimp Harrison CentraI Rebels. their second possession when junior compared to seven penalties for 65
Bowl Classic last Friday in Biloxi, Miss. (Times photo by Gordon Fenny) quarterback Chris Pettis rolled wide to yards for the Rebels. Ponchatoula
his right and fired a 47-yard scoring recovered one of two fumbles by its
W 11 db kt i strike to his favorite receiver, Buster opponents, while fumbling once and
ave ro e ac w ce Brown. James Hammett added the recoveringit.
extra point and the Rebels led 7-0 with Joe Frazier was selected as Poncha-
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disciplined to the team-concept type of could never regroup, time lead. of the Green Wave that we awarded
game which he wantsit to play, Salmen extended its lead to 46-13 by The Wave mounted several potential Manchette the trophy otherwise Q,;
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the Wave s first two outings, as the to take a 64-20 lead into the final minutes of the game, but Centrat'sr Mark Creech,,chairman of the Shrimp
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players, and they are not disciplined to during the past few days, and the
the style of game which i want them to players are beginning to handle the to ea o ttac 8
play,' stated Grigas. "They re young pressure a li, le better," said Grigas. I dOg Off[ ....... Ducks ack Seats /
and inexperienced for the most-part, "They were out-manned by the Coach Mark Erdey and his Springfield Sumner, the defending district
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along, it will be a long year for this improved a little.' Bulldogs, still smarting from last year's champions bytwo pointsat Sumner.' i 95 leman oat Products
team, and I hope that the players won't The addition of Otis Cooper, Clem 84-82 double-overtime lossto Plaisance In addition to his starters, Erdey will
get discouraged easily, I certainly hope McKay and Carl Disher to the lineup in the StateAA second-round playoffs, have juniors Kenny Lewis and Andre I -- tAKEIPE MARE / --
that the fans will bear with us and try to after the football season ends will are a strong threat to walk off with first Ashton, and sophomores Heath Savoy
understand what we are doing with our definitely add experience and poise to place in 10-AA competition in the and Pete Turnage off the bench in
1985-86season. backup positions. His freshman crop
program." Grigas squad, and will allow him to With only one senior on the roster, includes Judy Fekete, Kendrick I I / 545077000
if there has been one glaring fault play seven or eight players who know Erdey returns four starting juniors, Williams, Glen Richardson, Darrell
with the Wave's performances to date, it his system and who feel comfortable in including Charles Tucker, who scored Davis and Jeff Peters. OEISONLAJI(r I
has been the inability to stay out of foul it. 31 points in the loss to Piaisance while On the distaff side, first-year coach Wost Club Deluxe Dr. Hammond, la
trouble.
In the Trafton game, the Tigers went
to the foul line 14 times while The
Green Wave made nary a trip. The
Tigers connected on nine of their
attempts, the margin of difference in the
score. Johnny Alexander, who is
expected to carry a fair share of the load
for Ponchatoula this season, fouled out
with less than five minutes remaining in
the mini-game and was held scoreless.
Mike Puoh led the Wave scorer with
"The absence of three key players to
his starting lineup has hurt us so far, and
with them in the game, it will give us
more depth and experience to be
competitive," stated Grigas. "We will
improve, but we also have a lot of youth
and inexperience on the team."
Gerald Hills led all Ponchatoula
scorers with 12 points, while Joe Neal
and Pugh, both of whom experienced
foul trouble early against the Spartans,
contributed x and four points velv.
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Now in his fourth year at the Bulldogs'
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Davis, Bart Kennedy, Troy White, and
Chris White to lead the Springfield
assault on its district crown. Erdey
would like to see his charges repeat the
performance of Greg Williams' squad
which won the State AA title in 1982.
"We have the nucleus of a strong
team again this year," said Erdey, who
guided the Bulldogs to a 24-9 overall
record last year and a 7-1 in district
competition. "Our only loss came at the
hands of Doyle, continued the Dogs'
mentor, but we did manage to defeat
Luke Catalanatto and assistant.coach
Gay Ernst, will have a tough task trying
to mold a competitive team around just
one senior, junior and sophomore.
The Lady Bulldogs, who finished last
season with an 8-13 record, return
senior forward 'Sissy' Turnage, junior
forward DeEtte Abels and sophomore
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freshman to try to form the nucleus of a
contender within the next year or two.
Those players making their initial
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Shannon Kinchen and Christi Waldens.
Rounding out the rookie crop are
Kalisha Phillips, Tebitha Fox and
Angela Cooper.
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